St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27

| Governor Adams, of Colorado, has re-
:cived telegram from W. H. C.ark, mayer
Of Meeker as follows: "The White River
Utes are in force above Meeker; have tref
on the citizens, and sent runners to the
Uintah agency for war party. ColoroW at
| the head of the Utes. The citizens aTT'
| abandoning their ranches and concentrating
at Meeker.''
The figures in the annual report OF the
! Northern Pacific railroad show that the
| gross earnings for the year ended June 81
1887, were ST. 7S9 44S, an increase of 81, O5s--
| 92l over the previous year; operating eN-
| penses, S6,9O7 GIG an increase OF s748,33
net, S., S64, S32 an increase of S31O, 569; other
income, S4S4, $50, an increase Of Sl6o, ,44'1s
Total net, Sc, 379, 112 an increase OF S479,Ol+;
all charges, Sc, 2S7, ,044, an increase OF S5OSr-
145; surplus, $82 O6S decrease of $29,13l.
The increase in the bonded debt for the year
was 81 $50, 600 frsts, 81 143, 600 second mort
gage bonds, and s., 0S8, 500 Pend dOriele
Division frsts. Land sales were 80, 355 acres.
A. S. Solomon, of Washington, vice presi
dent of the Red cross Society, and Judge
Sheldon Of New Haven, Conn, have beer
appointed additional delegates to the fourth
International Congress of the Red Cross, to
be held at Carlsruhe, Baden, on September
% next.
A dispatch from Staunton, Va, says
George w. Swope, prominent citizen of the
county, died from the effects of poison.
prescription prepared for external use was
used internally.
Last month A P. Holbrook, a citizen Of
Niobrara Neb., telegraphed to the Indian
office asking that Agent Hill, of the Santee
Indian Agency, Neb., be instructed to pre-
vent the Santee Indians from voting at an
election to be held to determine the loca-
ton OF the county seat. Acting Indian
Commissioner Upshaw has replied that these
Indians are entitled to all the privileges and
immllnities of citizens of the United States,
and that the privilege must not be interfered
with
| The values Of exports of beef, pork and
dairy products for the month ended July
81, 1877, were S8,577, ,451 against s7,707O3S
for the corresponding period last year.
Natural gas has been discovered at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Reports from many points in Illinois, Wis
consin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Min
nesota indicate that rains fell generally in
the Northwest for two days giving fresh life
to crops and aiding the people in checking
the prairie and forest fires which have been
raging.
| The Treasury Department has authorized
| the free entry at New York of a case of
| paintings intended for King kalakaua, Of
| Hawaii. Upon arrival it will be shipped
| direct to Honolulu.
| Next month the Postotfice Department.
will make ce-t tain changes in the color and
| design Of some of the stamps. The two
| cent adhesive stamp now issued in red will
| be changed to green. The threeceat adhe-
sive stamp now issued in green will be
! changed to vermillion. The design of ad
heslve stamps will remain unchanged. In
stamped envelopes, the two-cent envelope
will be changed from red to green;
the four-cent envelope will be changed
| from green to carmine; the five-cent from
brown to dark blue; the thirty from
black to brown, and the ninety-cent from
| carmine to purple The design of the
stamped envelopes will also be the same as
now, except with the one, two, four and five
cent denominations. The heads on these
stamps have been re-engraved, and have
| slightly different appearance from the old
stamps, and the ornamentation around them
is also slightly different.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ontario says the
statement that the fisheries department is
! about to substitute small steam launches for
| the present cruisers in the fisheries protec-
ton service is incorrect.
The American schooner J. H. G. Perkins
was absolutely released by Customs Officer
| Foley, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward
| Island and cleared for North Bay.
| A dispatch from Macon, Ga, says pas
senger train for Brunswick and Florida ram
| off bridge at Albany, leaving only the
| engine on the track. Thirteen persons are
| reported wounded but none killed.
A freight train on the Chicago, Burlington
| and Quincy railroad stopped to do some
switching at Montgomery, three miles west
of Aurora, H., on Thursday night, and left
several cars standing on the main track
| These were run into by all east-bound freight
| train. William Breed and young man
| named Watkins were seriously injured, and
three men asleep in way car, and man
stealing ride in a box car, were also hurt
A number of freight cars were ditched
An east-bound freight train on the Penn
sylvania railroad was wrecked at Parkers-
| burg, Pa, by broken switch-frog. A num-
| Der of cars were demolished, and both tracks
| were blocked for six hours.